Month: August 2024

Christabell Lourens @_clourens_ Students of the North-West University’s (NWU) Potchefstroom campus who follow specific eating habits lament the lack of options available not only in the student centre, but also in dining halls. Daily, students stop by the cafeteria or one of the dining halls on campus for food. It’s easy, it’s accessible and most of the time, it’s good. However, students with specific dietary restrictions are not afforded this […]

Lesiba Dikhoba @lesiba.dikhoba South Africa has enjoyed over 100 consecutive days without load shedding, marking the longest streak since 2020. This achievement is largely attributed to the enhanced performance of Eskom’s coal-fired stations. In recent months, students at the North-West University (NWU) have experienced an unusual break from load shedding — a disruption that had become a regular part of their lives. This unexpected break has brought relief to students. […]

Lesiba Dikhoba  @lesiba.dikhoba    North-West University (NWU) students, Tasmiyah Nakooda, Ulysses Makubika and Zaid Asvart finished within the top 3 teams in the Discovery GradHack Competition following a gruelling 72-hour virtual competition. Their project, an AI-powered lung disease detection system integrated with an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system to improve healthcare diagnostics and patient outcomes, secured them a fully paid trip to Sandton to present their project to Discovery’s CEOs.  […]

Christabell Lourens @_clourens_ Dr Monray Williams, a biochemistry lecturer and researcher at the North-West University, joined Dr Odendaal on the Mail and Guardian’s (M&G) 200 Young South Africans award stage.  (See https://pukfm.com/2024/07/29/from-the-classroom-to-the-mg-award-stage/ for Dr Odendaal’s feature.) The M&G Award is a highly esteemed prize awarded each year. Obtaining the award is definitely not a walk in the park. Per the official Mail and Guardian page, candidates must be nominated by […]